The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-19 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The Secretary of State for War has decided that the mess allowance of all officers of the Royal Ar tillery stationed with their batteries at Shoobury- Less is to be contributed to the mess establishment of the School of Gunnery, and will only be ad aoitted in the accounts of that establishment. The Secretary of State for War has desired it to be noti fied to the regiment that the appointments of or derly-room clerks to brigades are in futuro to be regulated in the same manner, as regards pay, as in regiments of the line, and that they are entitled to the pay of sergeant from the date of their ap pointments being confirmed with an increase of 6J. a day after three years' continuous service in that capacity. A company of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieut. Denny, which had arrived in England from the Mediterranean in her Majesty's ship Marlborough, 121, Capt. Fellowes, arrived in Sheerness oa Tuesday' last, and joined the Ist D..pot Brigade stationed in the garrison. Lieut.. Col. G‘Jorge Henry Vesey arrived at Sheerness on 'Thursday and commenced his duties as Lieut.-Col. commanding the Ist Depot Brigade Royal Artillery, stationed at Sheerness, vice Col. R. Talbot, who has beon removed to tho Cape of Good Hope to take command of the batteries of Royal Artillery on that station. Ho was entertained last evenipg at dinner by the officers of the garrison. A general parade of the Bth Depot Battalion took place on Monday last at Pembroke Dock, to witness the carrying out of a sentence awarded by a district court martial on Private Ball, of the 15th Regi ment, for " disgraceful conduct." The sentence was two years' imprisonment, to be marked with the letters "B. C." (bad character), and to be dis charged from her Majesty's service in disgrace. The prisoner had been 19 years in the service, but had always borne a bad character. Major. Gen. Warde, C. 8., R.A., commanding at Woolwich, and the officers of the Royal Artillery, yesterday gave a banquet to Gen. Todleben. Ho was accompanied by his Aide-deeCamp. There were also present Col. Novitsky, military secretary at the Russian Embassy in London—Admiral Boutakeff, lately commanding the Vladimir—Gen. Sir John Burgoyne, Sir Harry Jones, Col. Gordon, Col. Chap man, Adjut.-Gen. Royal Engineers—Gen. Sand lam, Lieut.-Governor Royal Military Academy— Commodore Danlop,C.B., &c. The acre e 7 steam corvette Jason, 21, Capt. Edwd. E. P. Von Donop, which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, left Bermuda on Oct. 17 and Halifax on Oct. 29. She brings home from Halifax Capt. Hare vey and the crew of the gunboat Steady and three naval invalids. Early in November strong gales from N.N.W. were encountered, during which she lost her starboard clatter. Oa the 11th there was a gale from the south-west, which veered round to N.W. As the fever at Bermuda is rapidly abating the Admiral is expected to leave Halifax for that island Nov. 20. The Jason left at Halifax the Dun can, Galatea, Medea, Steady, Cygnet, and Virago. They Cygnet had her steam up ready to proceed to Bermuda. The Jason was put in commission Nov. 15, 1860, She exchanged colours Nov. 2, lat 45 12 N, long 51 2 W, with a Bremen steamer; and spoke Nov. 8, in lat 45 11 N, long 25 37 W, the English ship Talisman, homeward bound. The iron screw steam sloop Sharpshooter, 6, Lieut. Commander Henry A. Clavering, which had been in dock at Davonport, where her bow rudder was fixed to the stern, as it did not answer, left Plya mouth on Wednesday evening for the south east coast of America. She encountered heavy weather, and on Thursday morning returned to the Sound, having sprung a leak, which will probably involve the necessity of her going again' into dock. The officers and crew of her Majesty's steam gun vessel Cygnet, 80-horse power, Commander Walter S. de Kantzow, having completed their commission on the West Indian station, arrived at Sheerness in the Barracouta, 6, paddleewheel sloop, Commander J. D'Arcy, and were paid off on Wednesday last by Captain Charles Wise, Aide-de-C imp to the Queen, nod Captain-Superintendent of the Dockyard, Sheerness. The Cygnet has been re commissioned at Bermuda by Commander Kant zw. Tho Barracouta, 6, paddle .wheel sloop, 1,053 tons, 310-horse power, Commander J. D'Arcy, which ar rived at Sheerness a few days since to he paid off, has been taken into the large basin in the dockyard, and is returning stores. The BarAcouta was in spected by Capt J. Fulford, of the flagship Formid able, 26, and not by Vice-Admira Sir Chas. Talbot, K..C.8., Commander-in. Chief, as reported in The Sun of Saturday last. She will be paid out of com mission on Wednesday next, the 231 inst. The Dutch man-of-war screwsteam frigate Adolph lisrtog von Nassau, 50 guns, 450-horse power, Capt. 0. A. Himberg, having had the damage sustained by collision with a Danish merchant ship while on her passage from the Tezel to Bavaria made good by the artisans at her Msjesty's dockyard, Sheerness, has bzen removed to moorings in the harbour, and will sail for her destination this day. The experiments for teeing the relative merits of the two ships' fire engines and bilgeapumps, the commencement of which was reported in The Sun of yesterday, were resumed and brought to a close yesterday on board the Hecate, at Woolwich. The D iwn ton pump has been considerably improved by Messrs Stone and Co., of Deptford, the mann facturera, during the past few years, and, as in all former contests, it obtained a remarkable and easy victory over its opponent, the Wilson's pump. The ~800 gallon tank was yesterday emptied by the Downton pump, with 488 revolu tions, in 8 min. 41 sec., while the Wilson pump occupied 12min. 303ec., and made 512 revolutions; the former, notwithstanding its being much smaller than the latter, accomplished the work in ebiut 30 per cent. less time. This was pronounced by Messrs Morton and Wilson to be so decisive that they de clined to compete further. Each of the pumps was worked by a body of eight men, in relays of four at a time, and during the action of filling the tank the superiority of the old pump was &early visible by the comparative eaee with which it was driven. In the item of colt it was stated taat the new machine was douOle the price of the Downton, and was des titute of many of its advantages, such as its capabi lity of drawing water from the bilge and passing it down the sea suction, and discharging it under, ins stead of above the water line, thereby avoiding the foul smell and the wetting of the decks, &c. Captain Blakely's 61 inch experimental cast iron gun, rifled on the French principle, with three deep grooves, and which was intended to be fired to de struction, broke up at the 6th round on Tnnrsday afternoon, on its trial at the Woolwich butt. It was fired with an increasing charge, commencing with two rounds of 61b 93z of powder, two rounds of 101b,:and two rounds of 13'lb, the projectiles used at each round weighing 651 b, and having zinc studs, as similarly used in the French service. Msj Freeth superintended the experiments, and Mr Campbell, director of the Blakely Ordnance Company, attended in their behalf. The experiment was resorted to for the purpose of demonstrating the fallibility of cast iron for the purpose of manu facturing heavy ordnance in comparison with ham mered cast steel, with which the whole of the Blakely guns aro at present made, and for which the company have recen tl y conc l uded a contract with the Russian Government for £060,000. The officers of theßoyal Marine division at Wool wich gave a farewell dinner on Thursday evening to theirllate commandant, Colonel Hopkins, C,13 Qaeen, wh o now retires On Aide-de-Caw to the promotion. The toast of the evening was pro posed by the President, Colonel J. Oates Travers, C. 8., Commandant in succession, acting i n th e place of Colonel Gallway Byng Payn e , who is absent on a continental tour. The toast was re sponded to in a manner which clearly denoted the high feeling of regard which existed among the officers for their late Commandant. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. John M'N. Boyd to the Meeanee—James Harry of the Industry, John C. Covey, of the Fox, and Edward B. D'Arcy, promoted to be masters—Charles Fitz gerald P. Turner, nominated to a naval cadetship— Cecil B. Palmer, midshipman, to the Edgar— George S. Godhard, aesistopaymaster, additional, to the Victoria—William F. A. Greet,seeend muter, io the Bescawen—Richard Golden, acting second master, to the Dee—Alfred R. Scott, m cr's ass sistant, to the Aurora—Charles K. Young, master's assistant, to the Enterprise—W. A. M. Vivyan, assistant engineer, to the us—and W. I'. Coop, assistant-engineer, to the Cumberland. TEE WAR IN JAPAN. AD:nit:ILLY, Nov. 16. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have this day lnen received frotn Vice-Admiral Sir A. Kuper, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the China station : OPERATIONS IN THE STRAITS OF SIMONO SEKI. Euryalta, Straits of Simono Seki, Sept. 15. Sir—l aecraiuted the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, briefly, in my letter of the 10th instant, No. 342, with the successful result of the operations of the allied squad rons in the S raits of Simon° Seki : and I have now the honour of reporting in detail, for their lordships' informa tion, the progress of events subicquently to the 29th ult,, the day of our departure from Yokohama. 2. The Perseus having joined my flag in the entrance to the Boungo Channel, with a largo collier in tow from Shanghae, and the Coquette arriving at the rendemious on the 4th from Nagasaki, the forco by which the operations were conducted consisted of the undermentioned ships, Viz.:-- British.—Euryalus, Tartar, Conqueror, Barossa, Leo pard, Argus, Pert-eus, Coquette, Bouncer, and the battalion of Royal Marines. French.—Semiramis, screw, 35 guns, flag cf Rear-Ad miral Jaurez ; Dupleix, screw, 10 guns ; Tancrede, screw, 4 guns. despatch ♦essel. Dutch.—Metalen Kruis, screw, 16 guns, senior officer's ship; D'Jambi, screw, 16 guns; Amsterdam, paddle, 8 guns; Medusa, screw, 18 guns; and the United States chartered steam vessel Takiang, with an officer, a party of men, and a gun of the United States corvette James Town. 3. The whole squadron, having assembled at the island of Ilime Sima, in the inland sea (the appointed rendezvous) left that anchorage at 9 a.m. on the 4th inst., and steered for the entrance to the Straits of Simono Seki, anchoring in the afternoon out of range of the batteries. 4. The accompanying tracing of the chart of the straits will explain to their lordships the position and strength of the batteries as described thereon by Major Wray, Royal Engineers—the batteries being referred to in this despatch by numbers corresponding with those on the plan. 5. Having, in company with Rear-Admiral Jaures, re connoitered the position of the batteries belonging to the Prince of Choshiu, it was arranged that the attack should be made on the sth inst. as soon as the tide served, and at 2 p.m. the signal was made for the ships to take up their position. As soon as this was accomplished the action was com menced from the bow gun of the Euryalus, and the fire was smartly returned and kept up with much spirit by the Japanese batteries. At about 4.30 pm. the fire from Nos. 4 and 5 batteries evidently slackened, and shortly afterwards ceased altogether; and by 5 39 batteries Nos. 6,7, and 8 were also silenced. The day was now two far advanced to admit of the landing parties being disembarked, but the Perseue and the Dutch corvette Medusa being very closeto battery No. 5, and it being too dark to signalise for instruc tions, Commander A. J. Kingston, with Lieut. F. J. Pitt, and a party of men from the Perseus, followed by Captain de Casembroot and Lieut. de Hart, of the Medusa, gallantly landed, spiked most of the guns in that battery,and returned to their ships without casualties of any sort, thus rendering very valuable service. 6. The position taken up by the allied squadrons in this afternoon's engagement were as follows :—The advanced squadron, under the command of Capt, J. M. Hayes, con sisting of the Tartar, Dupleix, Metalen, Kruis, Barossa, D'Jambi, and Leopard, moved into the Lay off the village of Tanoura, as shown on the plan, within easy range of batteries 3 to 9 inclusive, whilst the Euryalus and Semira mis opened fire upon the same works. The light squadron, under Commander Kingston, consisting of the Perseus, Medusa, Tancrede, Coquette, and Bouncer, were directed to take the batteries in flank ; the Argus and Amsterdam, being at first kept in reserve to render assistance to any ship . that might be disabled or grounded, w(re afterwards ordered to close and engage; and the Conqueror, having the battalion of marines on board, was, in consequence of the difficult navigation, directed to approach only sufficiently near to admit of her Armstrong guns bearing on the nearest batteries. During this opera tion the Conqueror grounded twice on a knoll of sand, but came off again without assistance, and without sustaining any damage. The Takiang also fired several shots from her one Parrot gun, doing good service. The Coquette, towards the close of the engagement, was withdrawn from her posi tion from the flanking squadron, and sent to assist the tore most of the advanced corvette squadron--a service which Commander A. G, R. Roe performed with great promptness. 7. At daylight on the Gth inst. No. 8 battery again opened fire upon the advance] squadrc n, doing some damage to the Tartar and Duplex ; but on the squadron returning the fire the battery was soon silenced, and only an occasional straggling shot was fired from it afterwards. The arrange ments for the disembarkation having been completed, the Allied forces, composed of the small atm companies of the Eurylaus and Conqueror, under the command of Capt. J. 11. J. Alexander, of the Euryalus, the battalion of Mat ines and Marines of the squadron under that of Lieut.-Col. W. G Sather, and detachments of 2.50 French and 200 Dutch seamen and marines; the former under the command of Capt, du Quills and Lieut. Layrle, Chef d'Ecat-Mojor,.and rho latter under that of Lieut. Binkis, were distributed in boats of the squadron, and towed to the opi.csite shore by the Argus, Perseus, Ccquette. Tancredo, Atn,terdam, Medusa, and Takiang, the Bouncer assisting to cover the landing, which was effected wiqtout accident, under the able superintendence of Capt. W. G. Luard of the Conqueror, assisted by Commander E, T. Nutt, of that ship, and the force proceeded, under my personal directions, to assault and take possession of the principal batteries, which was accomplished with only trifling opposition. All the guns having been dismounted and spiked, carriages and plat forms burst, and magazines blown up, and deerniug it in expedhnt, from the very rugged and almost impenetrable nature of the country, to retain possession of any post on shore during the night, I directed the whole force to re embark at four p.m. 8. The French and Dutch detachments wore already in their boats, Len the Naval Brigade, stationed at Battery No. 5, was suddenly attacked by a strong body of Japanese assembled in the valley at the rear of the battery. Colonel Siather's battalion of Marines coming up at this moment, a joint attack was immediately organised, and the enemy driven back upon a strongly placed stockadel barrack, from which they were dislodged after making a brief but sharp resistance, leaving several small guns in our posses sion. I regret to say that Capt. Alexander, whilst gallantly leading his men to the attack of the stockade, received a severe wound in the foot, and many other casualties also occurred in this attack. The whole force having then been ordered to embark, reached their ships without accident, notwithstanding the violence of the currents, which present serious obstacles to any operation in these straits. 9. During this day's action I noticed with great pleasure the coolness and gallantry of the Naval Brigade, under Cap tain Alexander, the excellent di3eipline and steady bearing under fire of the battalion of Marines under Colonel Suther, ably supported by Lieut.-Colonels P. C. Penrose and C. W. Adair; and I obsorved with satisfaction the readiness wi. h which the French and Dutch brigades occupied their as signed positions. It, was, however, a source of regret to me that the embarkation of our allies prevented their takitg part in the gallant affair at the enemy's at . clta le. 10. The Perseus, whilst covering the landing on the morn ing of this day, was driven on shore by a strong eddy of the current, and, resisting all effrrts to get her off, she re mained fast until midnight of the following day (7(13), when, having been considerably lightened, she was towed off under the julicious managem2nt of Commander John Moresby, of the Argus, and apparently without damage. 11. The batteries, from Nos. 1 to 8 inclusive, being now entirely in our possession, large working parties were landed early on the morning of the 7th, and commenced embarking the guns captured on the previous days ; and during the afternoon the Tartar, Matalen,Ktuis, D'Jambi, and Dunleix moved round to the westward of Me zi Saki point, prepara tory to an attack on batteries Nos. 9 and 10. 12. On the Bth instant I shifted my flag to the Coquette (Admiral Jaures accompanying me), and proceeded, in corn • pany with the four ships named in the last paragraph, then composing the advanced squadron, to open fire upon batteries Nos. 9 and 10. The fire not king returned, parties wore shortly afterwards landed from the squadron to destroy the batteries and embark the guns, the whole of which was effected by the evening of the 10th, and all the guns are on board the ships of the allied squadrons ; the embarkation of the guns, consisting of G 2 pieces of ordnance, of various sizes, a work of much labour and difficulty, was very effi ciently performed, under the directions of the captains of the allied squadrons. Captain AV, M. Dowell, of the Ba rossa,who had charge of the embarkation at one of the prin cipal batteries,haa brought to my notice the ze dons assist ance rendered by Lieuts.W, 11. Cuming, of theßarossa, and It. E. Tracy of the Euryalup, and by Lieut. Costa of the Semiramis, which contributed largely to the success of the undertaking. 13. I forward, for their lordships' favourable notice, copies of letters I have received from Captain Hayes and Alexander, Lieut.-Color el, Sutler, Con.manders Moresby and Kingston, and the surgeon of my fli,g-ship, and would beg leave to draw attention to the testimony borne by them r espectively to the conduct of various officers and men whose duty Was performed under their immediate direc tions, and in which I desire to assure their lordships that I fully concur. 14. In addition to these reports it is my pleasing duty to record the high sense I entertain of the skill and gallantry displa3 ed by the entire force under my command during the operations above described. Of the fire maintained by the Tartar, in the conspicuous position I had assigned to Capt. Hayes, as the senior captain, and of the gallant manner in which he was supported by Capt.Franclieu, of the Dupleix ; Capt. de Man, of the Metalen Kruis; Capt. W. M. Dowell, of the Barossa . Capt. van Rees, of the D'Jarnbi ; and Capt. C.T. Leckie, of the Leopard, I cannot speak too highly. I bog leave also to bring under their lordships' notice the zeal and activity displayed by Captain W. G. Luard, of the Conqueror ; Captain J. H. Alexander, of the Euryalus ; Lieut-Colonel W. G. Suther, commanding Royal Marine battalion ; Commander John Moresby, of the Argus: Core. tnander Augustus J. Kingston, of the Perseus; Commander E. T. Nutt, of the Conqueror ; Commander Jas. E. Hunter, of the Euryalus ; Commander A. G. Roe, of the Co quette; 'Ault H. L. Holder, commanding the Bouncer, aud Lieut. R. 11. Har;ngton, of the Euryalus, who sue c:,.cdcd to the command of the Naval Brigade on Captain AleYander being wounded ; as well as Captain du Quills, of the Semiramis; Captain Muller, of the Amsterdam ; Cap • taiu do Casesubrout, of the Medusa; and Lieut. Pallu, com mending the Tancredc ; and I have to thank Lieut. Pear sou, of the United States Navy, for the efficient assistance rendered by him in the chartered steam vessel Takiang, in towing boats, and for subsequently consenting to receive on board the wounded men of the squadrons. 15. To the hearty co-operation and the cordial goodwill displayed by Ilear•Admiral Jaures, during the preparations for and the progre4s of these operations, I am deeply in debted; I have endeavoured to express to that officer the satisfaction I have felt in having been associated with him in the conduct of this affair, and my appreciation of the good service rendered by the able and efficient force under the Rear-Admiral's command. I have also conveyed to Capt. do Man, the senior officer of his Netherlands Majesty's ships, my thanks for the efficient co-operation and assistance of the squadron under his command, as well as to Licut. Pear son, of the United States Navy, for the readiness with which he has sought to carry out my wishes on all occasions. Without the cheerfully rendered and able support of these officers, and the perfectly good understanding which has prevailed throughout the allied squadron, the very rapid and brilliant successes that have attended our operations could scarcely have been secured without greater losses and considerable delay ; and I trust that the satisfactory result will receive the approbation of their lordships. 16. Much credit is due to the masters of the squadron for the skilful manner in which the various ships were manoeu vred amongst numerous difficulties, and particularly to Mr George Williams, master of my flagship, and Mr John C. Solfleet, of the Conqueror, whose zeal and intelligence have deserved my special notice ; and the praiseworthy conduct of Mr James G. Liddell, of the Bouncer, the senior second master on the station, has been brought favourably before me by Lieut. Holder, commanding that gunboat. 17. Mr D. L. Morgan, surgeon of my flag-ship, has called my attention to efficient service rendered by the medical staff employed on shore under his directions, and to their devotion and attention to the wounded, 18. I should wish also to bring under their lordships' favourable notice my secretary, Mr Hemsley H. Shanks, and Flag-Lieutenant Robert P. Dcnnistoun, who accom panied me on shore and afloat throughout the operations, And rendered me valuable assistance. 19. To Major Wray, Royal Engineers, whose services have been placed at my disposal by the War Office, I am indebted for much useful information as to the nature and position of the batteries ; and I have much pleasure in re cording my Sense of the energy and zeal displayed by this officer throughout the operations, and in the destruction of the batteries and magazines. Lieutenant Crowdy, Royal Engineers, who accompanied the expedition at my request, with the permission of Lieut.-Colonel Browne, commanding her Majesty's troops at Yokohama, also rendered valuable service with his men, both whilst attached to the Naval Brigade, and subsequently in the embarkation of the heavy guns. 20. Mr J, F. Lowder and Mr Ernest Satow, interpreters, attached to the squadron by Sir Rutherford Alcock have afforded me every assistance and have been most zealous in the performance of their duties. 21. Since the conclusion of these operations I have satiss fled myself, by personal eximination of the entire Straits, that n 9 batteries remain in existence on the territory c,f the Prince of Choshiu, and thus the passage of the Straits may be considered clear of all obstructions. 22. On the Bth instant, whilst the demolition of the bat teries and the embarkation of the guns were in progress, an Envoy of the Prince of Choshiu came on board my flag-ship under a flag of truce, charged, as he informed me, with instructions from the Prince to negociate for the termination of hostilities. He produced documents said to have been written by command of the Prince of Choshiu, and stated that no opposition would henceforth be offered to the free passage of the Straits. The Envoy also exhibited copies of letters to substantiate the statement that in the various acts of hostility towards foreign flags recently carried into effect , the Prince had acted under the direct authority of the Mi kado and the Tycoon. 23. Having conferred with Rear-Admiral Jaures, who was present at the interview, it was determined that to convince us of the sincerity of the Prince's desire for peace, it was indispensable that we should receive a written requi sition, under his own hand, to that effect; and the Envoy having observed that an interval of two days would be re quired to obtain the desired communication, a suspension of hostilities fcr that time was agreed upon, and the squadrons were immediatel3 directed to hoist flags of truce. It was, however, stipulated that the armistice should not interfere with the work of embarking the guns from the ha:Aeries, then in progress, and it was accordingly proceeded with and completed, as previously described. 21. True to the time named, at noon on the 10th instant, the Chief Councillor of the Prince of Choshiu (Mori Idzumo) came on board the Euryalus, and placed before me a de spatch from the Prince (identical despatches being also brought for the senior off i cers of the allied squ tdrone). 25. The very satisfactory character of the Prince's written communication, and its humble tone, a ff or d, i n th e o pi n i on of Rear-Admiral Jaures and myself, reasonable grounds for the presumption that, rival t from the brilliant success achieved in a military point of view, and the great extent et the injury inflicted upon the Prince of Choshiu, his power and prestige, advantages of an important nature iu a poli tical sense may very possibly result from the presence of the allied squadrons in these Straits. I have duly informed Sir Rutherford Alceck cf these events, and have placed at his disposal the means of communicating with mo here should he desire to do so. 26. A personal inspection of the . Straits of Simone Seki has convinced me of the inexpediency, with the means at present available, of holding any position either on an inland or on any portion of the mainland in the vie'nity of the Straits. Ido not, therefore, purpc se carrying into effect that portion of the programme of the diplomatic representa tives forwarded with ray letter of the 28th ultimo, No. 328. It is, however, my intention to maintain possession of the Straits by leaving here an Eng a French, and a Dutch vessel-of•war, until the relations between the Tycoon's Go vernment and those of the Treaty Powers with regard to this portion of the terrace y of the Prince of Choshiu have been arranged on a satisfactory footing ; the presence of the ships will at the same time afford a guarantee against the erection of batteries, which the Prince has engaged should not be again undertaken. I have subs.; quently had a further interview with the Envoys of the Prince of Choshiu, who have agreed on behalf of the Prince to the terms proposed to them as the conditions of the cessation of hostilities, which will ensure the Straits remaining open for the future; the ratification of the Prince being now all that is required to complete the object for which the Allied forces came to these Straits. 27. In conclusion, I have only to express my hope that the operations I have had the honour of describing, and the results obtained, may receive the approbation of their lordships and of her Majesty's G3vernment.—l have, &e., (Signed) Anuos•rus L. KUPER, 'Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Her Majesty's Ship Tartar, Simono Seki, Sept. 9,15G4, Sir,--You. having haen pleased to entrust a division of the squadroß to my command :luring the late hostilities in the Straits ct Simono Soki, and the operations having so far terminated with such satiztactory results, I beg to re port, Lr your information, the proceedings of the advanced squadron since noon of the 4th last, 2. Having taken up the position directed by your General Order of the 31 inst., the squadron under my orders was held in readiness for immediate action. On the first gun having been fired from your fl ig ship, the batteries imme diately opened on us with shot and shell, the first discharge striking the Tartar in several places. 3. The advanced Equadron instantly replied to the fire of the batteries, but it would be needless for me to enter into a detailed account, as the whole engagement occurred under your immediate observation; still I cannot allow this oppor tunity to pass without bringing to your notice the valuable support I received from the able management and precision of the rifled guns of his Imperial Majesty's ship Dupleix, which ship invariably replied to the guns which wore strik ing the Tartar, and showing an energy which reflected the highest credit on her commander. 4. Tho assistance rendered by his Netherlands Majesty's ships Metalin Kruis and D'Jambi, and the preparations made by them beforehand, showed that they spared no trouble in preparing their ships for any emergency; their rifled guns also telling on the nearest fort. 5. I need hardly mention what pleasure I felt in finding that the commander-in-chief had given to the advanced squadron the services of so valuable and experienced an officer as Capt. Dowell, of her Majesty's ship Barossa ; the judicious and cool manner with which that ship was handled, and the precision of her fire, while replying to the enemy's guns, more particularly when directed on the Tartar, was fully appreciated by myself and all on board. 6. At 5 25 a.m. on the morning of the 6th, the Long Bat tery again opened fire, and I am sorry to say with unfortu nate off: ct, the first discharge killing two and wounding several on board the Dupleix, which vessel during the night had drifted between ourselves and the fort. She immediately slipped her cable and moved to her former position, when the Tartar again was instantly and repeatedly struck by the fire from the fort, dangerously wounding my first lieutenant, Lieut. W. A, De V. Brownlow, a valuable and steady offi cer, whose services I desire to bring under your favourable consideration. My second lieutenant, Lieut. C. B. Powell, immediately took his place, showing that cool aptitude fur work which is so valuable in an officer. 7. Having been directed to take up an advanced position on the afternoon of the 7th, I anchored the ship for the night in the position pointed out by yourself, advancing the next morning while shelling the two last forts on Point Kibune to a position within 3,000 yards, when we again anchored, and from thence shelling the forts, which had the effect of making the enemy abandon them without firing a gun, probably in coheeqaence of a barrack taking tire in the par, near a magazine containing a large amount of powder and upwards of 700 or 800 shell, which soon after exploded, also from feeling the impossibility of coping with guns of such superior power, and the moral tElLet produced by the fleet on the two pi cvious days. 8. Throughout the whole of these proceedings Mr John E. Chapple, the master of the Tartar, showed the greatest coolness and judgment in the pilotage of the ship. 9. The Prussian officer, Mr Von Blanc, lately appointed to this ship,proved his skill and worth in several ways, and I consider him an intelligent and valuable officer, certain to do credit to any position in which he may be placed. 10. The remainder of the officers and ship's company conducted themselves throughout entirely to my satisfac tion,--I have, &c , (Signed) JNO M. HAYES, Captain, Her ➢lajesty's ship Tartar, Commanding the Advanced Squadron. To Vice-Admiral Sir A. L. Kuper, K.C.8., Comtna:der-in-Chief, Her Majest3's ship Euryttlus, off Simono Seki, Sept 10. Sir,---I have the honour to state, in compliance with your directions to report as to the proceedings of the naval brigade landed under re) command from her Majesty's ships Euryalus and Conqueror, in the Straits of Simone Saki, on the morning of the 6th That, having formed on the beach in the order prescribed by you with reference to the other landing forces, the naval brigade ascended the heights immediately abovd a succes sion of small terraces, to capture a one•gun battery at their summit ; and after reaching the crest of the boulder, descend its western side to overlook the heavy battery at its foot, and cover, if necessary, the flank of the combined column then advancing along the beach to the westward. The one-gun battery was found to be deserted, the gun removed, the carriage only remaining, which was immedi ately destroyed. In crossing this battery the right flank became exposed to the enemy's riflemen, concealed in the dense bush on the opposite (east) side of the ravine. The leading company immediately deployed in skirmish. ing order, and returned their fire, while the column pushed on and gained the cover of the upper bluff, though not be fore the force had suffered the loss of three wounded. On descending, with much labour, through tho dense brushwood on the western side, a detachment of French sailors was found in occupation of the upper battery on the right hand side of the valley. The remainder of the force, excepting a company of Royal Marine Artillery (Lieut. Dodgin, Royal Marine Artillery, in command), left to join my command, had continued its march westward. Not conceiving the assistance of the brigade required b 3 the main force, and as immediately on arriving at the foot of the hill, parties of the enemy had shown themselves at intervals between the trees on either side of the valley, and opened fire with field and mountain pieces and musketry, which they withdrew out of sight towards the head of the valley whenever my men advanced, I determined to hold the batteries on either side of the valley, and occupy the men in dismounting the guns, destroying the carriages, and in ex ploding the magazines, &c. ; after which, if not rrquirod to join the remainder of the force, I intended attacking the enemy's stockade at the head of the ivalley, and capturing his guns. The former part of ray intention was carried out, and the men had had halt an hour for such dinner as they could get, when I received intelligence that the main body was return ing, at the same time an order from yourself to embark, in accordance with which the Royal Marine Artillery Com. pany had shoved off, when about half-past 3 I received your orders to retain possession of the batteries, the Perseus being aground beneath that to ,the eastward. I now considered it more than ever advisable to dislodge the enemy at the end of the valley, and the head of the marine column appearing at this minute, I sent a request to Lieut. Col. Sucher to co-operate for that object, to which he agreed, selecting the right side of the valley for his attack. The naval brigade, in order to take the left, instantly, but with some difficulty, crossed by the ridges between the rice fields, and on reaching the narrow roadway on the left of the valley commenced ascending it at the double. The enemy had already commenced firing, but observing from this and the approach of the Marines our intention was to attack, his fire became extremely hot. Oar men con tinued at the double and returned it with steadiness and visible effect, and when distant about 2UO yards, with a loud cheer from all, the leading company rushed on, the suc ceeding company, whilst still advancing, returning the enemy's fire, which he continued from the parapet of the moat and top of an eight-foot wall, backing the front side of the palisade, till the leading men were within 50 yards, when he threw down his arms and ran in all directions. I regret to state that at this moment a musket shot through the ankle joint of the right foot totally incapaci tated me from proceeding; and, on a stretcher arriving, I was carried to the rear, leaving the brigade under the orders of Lieut. Harington. I have also to regret that this operation was not effected without a severo loss, viz., 7 killed and 2G wounded in the naval brigade ; but I trust its successful termination and the moral as well as physical effcct of the rev,rse inflicted on the enemy, may justify, in your opinion, its under taking. It gives me much pleanuro to bring to your favourable notice the marked merit displayed in Cie following in stances le. Mr D. G. Bones, midshipman, of the Euryalus, who carried a colour with the leading company, kept it with headlong gallantry in advance of all, in taco of the thickest fie, his colour-sergeants having fallen, one mortally, the other dangerously wounded, and was only deiained from proceeding yet further by the orders of his superior officer. The colour he carried was six times pierced by musket balls. 2nd. Lieutenant Frederick Edwards, commanding the third company, has called say attention to :ho intelligence and daring exhibited by William Seeley, ordinary seaman, in ascertaining the enomy's position, and afterwards, when wounded in the arm in the advance, continued to retain his position in the front, Lieutenant R. E. Tracey rendered mo most valuable assistanco throughout, and when disabled myself, conducted the advance with great gallantry and ability. Lieutenant Edwards' company, which was in advance, was most gallantly led by him, Lieutenant Harrington's company e ffi c i en tl y him. supported Lieutenant Alfred. Jephson's company, through my mis take only in giving him the wrong route, did no t arr i ve as soon as nu doubt it otherwise would have done. The Conqueror's companies followed in support of Lieu tenant Harrington's, and oftle.rs and men showed zeal and alacrity, and far more steadiaess than could be expected from men together for so short a time and under their cir cumstances. The medical officers, Messrs E A, Birch, S.Arauel M'Bean, p 4ii ro d m T p and .t J. Comerford, in Assistant attention a B eei ur t e n ll Surgeons, were exceedingly the wounded. Mr R. N. May, Clerk, accompani e d me throughout t h e day, and Messrs henry 11. Dyke and E. P. Hume, mid shipmen, acted as my aides-de-camp. Lieutenant Crowdy, Royal Eagineers, with four of the Royal Engineer Corps, and having also un d er hi s di rec ti o n the pioneers of the Naval Brigade, afforded active and useful assistance in exploding magazines, destro3ing gun-car riages,their rifles. &c., at the same time the were very ready with Mr Satow, of her Majesty's L9g,ation, Yokohama, accom panied me on all occasions, and in the thickest fire, to act as interpreter if required. batants, during this long hot d ,y , with exceedingly hard c ombatants and non-com weirnktcaoniaacluusnidoenr, v th e ! y w t h r3 o , l in e g fo c r i c r e c , uinstarices, behaved in such a-manner as to merit the highest praise, officers and men universally exhibiting gallantry, zeal, energy, and A9adi ness, their only fault being a times a too reckless exposure of themselves unwarranted by necessity ;and all that their conduct leaves me to hope is, th a t I may ever be fortunate enough to have the honour to command such on sim il ar occasions.—l have. &t., (Signed) J. 11, J. ALEXANDER, Captain, he r maj es t y ' s s hip Euryalus, C ommander Naval Brigade. To Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus L. Kuper, K.C-B , Commander-in -Chi e f , & 3. • Her Maj esty ' s hip Conqueror, Straits of ------ S imone Seki, Japan, Sept. 7, 1884. Sir,—ln complianc e with your orders I was yester d ay disembarked at 8 o'cl oc k a.m., and placed in command of the brigade landed for the demolition of the enemy's bat teries. As soon as the force had been formed the battalion of English sailors, under the command cf Captain Alexander, mounted the heights for the purpose of destroying a three gun battery, situated about 100 feet above the beach, and with the rest of the brig a d e, viz., a battalion of French sailors, two battalio ns of Ro3;1 Marines (the first under the command of Lieut.-Col. Penrose, and the second of Lieut.- Col. Adair), a deta c h ment of Royal Eng i neers, un d er t h e command of MajorW ray, and a battalion of Dutch soldiers and sailors, I march e d along the lino o f b a t ter i es, an d un cler your personal ob servation dismoun t e d th e guns, b urn t the carriages, and blew up the magazines. On returning from this duty, and after the French and Dutch portion of the brigade had re-embarked, the enemy opened fire upon us from a three-gun stockaded barrack building, situated in a ravine not easily approachable, and very illsuLed to military manoeuvring. I directed the two battalions of Royal Marines to storm the building upon its right approach, whilst the battalion of sailors stormed upon its left; after a sharp resistance the enemy fled from his position. Having spiked the guns and set fire to the buildings, I ordered the brigade to return. to the place of embarkation, In the execution of this duty I very much regret that several casualties occurred. Captain Alexander, while gallantly leading his battalion was severely wounded and carried to the rear. So also were Captain N. W. De Courcy and Lieut. J. W. Inglis, of the Royal Marines. Where all performed their duties well, it is difficult to in dividualise, but I feel it incumbent on me to mention the high bearing of the commanding officers of battalions, Lieut. Col. Penrose, Royal Marines, Lieut. Col. C. W. Adair, Royal Marines, and Captain J, 11, J, Alexander, Royal Navy ; to these officers I am greatly indebied for their zeal and gallantry. The senior captain of the Royal Marines, Capt. N. 7. de Courcy, who was severely wounded when at the head of his compeny, holding a difficalt position near the stockade, Captain and Brevet Major Ambrose Wolrige, Acting Bri gade Major, and First Lieut. J. C: }lore, my ordezly offi cer, I am bound to bring particularly to notice for their zeal and intelligence. The medical staff of Royal Marines, under Dr C. K. Ord were most active and prompt in their attendance to the wounded, I beg also to state that I received much assistance, when in the stockaded barrack building, from Lieutenant R. E. Tracy, Royal Navy, who carried out, some orders it was necessary for me to give in a zealous and efficient man ner.—l have, & 3., (Signed) W. G, SUTIIEtt, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Marines, Commanding Allied Forces, disembarked on the 6th inst, To Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus L. Kuper, K,C.B. Commander-in-Chief, &a, [A. list of the killed and wounded appeared in The Sun of Thursday.] SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Tieess.—Five years ago the Americans bad no history, and were half disposed to complain of the want. They are now amply provided with the re cords they desired, and - can discover the value of the attribute they have lost. Rarely has the life of a nag tion been more eventful than theirs since the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, nor can any.. body forecast the chapters of history whioh are yet to come. That the.ir war is like no other war, not even like other civil wars, has been already observed, thoughethere is little, perhaps, in the novelty of its character which ought to surprise us. The Americans even by their own estimate of themselves were like no other people;and they began to fight under condi tions never witnessed before. It was the first great war of the State, and yet the State was not in its infancy or in any phase of primitive ignorance or barbarism. The inhabitants of the Union consia dered themselves superior to all the nations of the world in wealth, education, enlightenment, and power. President Lincoln at an early stage of the war asserted confidently that no army ever sent into the field comprised so many persons of good social position as the Federal army then serving, and there was probably a good foundation for the beast. Yet it is said that the American war has not only been sanguinary and expensive beyond all known precedents, but has been conducted with signal barbarity and with a disre gard of that forbearance which usage imposes on belligerents in the Old World. Two incidents espe cially in the present campaign have been stigmatised as disgraceful to any Government or people pre tending to the dignity of civilisation. One of these is the devastation of the Shenandoah Valley by General Sheridan; the other the depopulation of Atlanta by General Sherman. We feel bound, however, to say that these operations might possibly have been justifiable by the exigencies of war. Within certain limits, unhappily but too broad, war excuses all things, and it is obvious, indeed, that he who goes out to kill and slay may by the same warrant destroy, burn, and ravage. If Grant was justified in undermining a fort and blowing it into the air with its gar rison, he might be justified also in desolating a district from which the subsistence of his enemy was derived. If the order for devastation had not this strategic warrant, and was based simply on vindictiveness or cruelty, it was undoubtedly dis graceful ; but on this point we can hardly yet be judges. Similarly, if General Sherman conceived that the exigencies of his situation in Georgia de manded the expulsion of the inhabitants of Atlanta from their homes, he had a right to enforce their departure. It was an act of extreme severity, and, perhaps, under the circumstances really with out parallel, for, though such measures have been adopted before, it has always been with obvious reason according to the customs of war. Had At lanta, for instance, been a fortified town, in which Sherman and his army were exposed to invest ment, it would have been competent to him to order the withdrawal of noncombatants from the place for the sake of economising provisions and supplies. But this does not seem to have been the case. At the date of the order—September 7—Sherman could hardly have expected to be besieged, and we now know in deed that he soon marched out of Atlanta with all his forces except a single division, and took the field once more. Nor did he pretend to justify his pro ceeding by any such pretext. He simply said, in his letter to Gen. Hood, that he had " deemed it in the interest of the United States that the citizens now residing in Atlanta should be removed," and with this mere expression of his will and pleasure he drove the entire population of the town, old and young, men, women, and children, from their homes. Gen.. Rood protested,/in the name of God and hu manity, against the atrocity of the proceeding; but Sherman sneered at his appeal as sacrilegious and hypocritical, and gave no heed to his remonstrance. There seems to be more reason in the Confederate than in the Federal view of the matter, but it must still be remembered that war is war, and that it Ge neral in command must be judge of his own position, though a day of reckoning may await him afterwards. Perhaps, when we recollect that the President of the Confederate States did actuaily, in the name of his Government, remonstrate with the Federal Government some time ago, and urge that the war, if war there must be, should be carried on at least with less inhumanity, we shall be disposed to con clude that the Northern armies must have strained the rights of belligerents in the States they are in vading. The Federals, however, have grievances of their own. A pamphlet lies before U 9 professing to nerrate the privations and sufferings of Northern prisoners in the hands of the rebel authorities,' and other stories of the same kind might doubtless be found. Some explanations, probably, of these com plaints and recriminations might be found in that inexperience of war which characterises both sides alike. A. town in Georgia is not like a town in Flanders. The Americans, it is true, have now been fighting for four years, but in their enormous territories, and with their evenly balanced forces, war travels slowly. Georgia had hardly felt the scourge till the other day; South Carolina, except a t Char lc sten, has never felt it yet ; the North- Western States know it only by the conscription--- the North-Eastern States are actually thriving by it. A Confederate army in Ohio or a Federal army in South Carolina would naturally excite horror among the inhabitants, and every act of war, however in evitable, might be stigmatised as barbarous. The question is not whether misery follows in the track of the armies, for that must only be too certainly the fact, but whether the calamities inseparable from war have been aggravated by wanton inhumanity on the part of commanders of their troops. We are inclined to hope that this has not been the case, at any rate as regards the regular armies. As far as our information goes, the actual combatants appear to have learnt instinctively the courtesies of war. We read of slaughter enough, beyond doubt, but not of massacres. It seems, indeed, as if the opposing armies were possessed with less animosity than the parties they represent. The most tyrannical and barbarous abuses of powers have been committed by military governors placed over disaffected popu lations, and guerilla leaders bound by no tics of discipline. Unarmed and defenceless citizens have suffered terribly under both these scourges, and sentiments of the most atrocious inhumanity have been openly proclaimed by public men in the North- Eastern States. But regular war has not, we trust, been rendered worse than it need be by the ferocity of the combatants, and some allowance is perhaps due for a natural exaggeration in the descriptions of those who have never seen war before. In fact, the characteristics of civil war, as distinguishable from other wars, are least prominent in the. field of battle. Soldiers soon learn to be soldiers, and nothing more ; it is when soldiers meet civilians or civil factions meet each other that the exasperation of feeling is visible. The Federals regard the Confederates as rebels, and are indignant that Europe should have recognised them even as belli gerents. They are inclined therefore to more than ordinary severity in dealing with them, and though this is no excuse for the barbarities which have been advocated in New York, or perpetrated in Kentucky and Virginia, it contains an explanation of events which should not be disregarded. The carelessness of life shown by the Federal commanders expresses in a manner one of the national characteristics, for though the Americans were humane in their laws and kindly in their ways, they always exposed themselves to death or danger with singular reck lessness. But terrible as the carnage has been, it has not, we believe, been increased, unless in excep tional cases, by coldblooded cruelty. It appears to have been occasioned rather by faults of strategy acting on armies of great numerical strength and provided with the most deadly instruments of war fare. Such at least has been the case hitherto, and we may still trust that a contest which in its best of aspects is deplorable, may not bo aggravated by any deviation from the usages by which war is mi tigated. POST.—The time has arrived at which the main features of the forthcoming session cannot fail to have been chiselled out by the Administration,which has before it the prospect of meeting Parliament in little more then two months' time. We believe that among the most prominent of the measures which the Government will recommend to the con sideration of the House of Commons, will be one which will in a marked degree conciliate the good will of the British taxpayer. The period in which we are writing is one of profound and uninter rupted tranquillity ; and, as far as any human fore sight can extend, it would seem that the year 1865 will be as peaceable as the present autumn. Whether we look to the policy and attitude of our own coun try, or to the condition of the continent of Europe, the same happy augury for the future appears to present itself. it seems, therefore, that if every apprehension of collision in Europe, or of our being ourselves required to take part in any differences that may occur elsewhere, is really at an end, there remains no sufficient reason for our maintaining extensive naval and military forces in actual sere vice at a great and certain cost, and with hardly CVCII a contingent advantage in view. Accordingly, there is reason to believe that very great reductions will he found to have taken place in the forthcom ing estimates for all the services. when Parliament meets in February next. It appears to have been felt that, however great our national wealth and ree sources may be, there is no necessity why we should he taxed under any other rule or proportion than that of what is absolutely necessary fc,r the safety of our empire, and for the maintenance of the position which we aspire to hold in Europe. The events of last spring could not fail, indeed, to have exerted considerable influence on the question of our future armaments. At that time it was a question whether we should not have openly taken up arms in behalf of Denmark, or not. Parties were divided in opinion ; but the course which the British Government and the British nation then took is well known, and it is felt that that instance formed the nearest approximation to a case for an assumption of hostilities that had arisen for many years, or was likely to arise in the future. But we then determined to remain neutral ; and it cannot be doubted that a pacific decision taken tins der such strong incentives to hostilities must exert considerable force for the future on the question of the practical utility of armaments maintained only at a great cost. What we find that we really re. quire is to maintain the machinery for defensive efficiency; we need this much more than an exten sive naval and military organisation that shall at every moment be ready for active service. At pre sent the expenditure of the country is nearly £68,000,000 per annum. Of this something over £28,000,000 forms a permanent charge—chiefly as interest on the National Debt, but also in part as the charge of the Consolidated Fund. The remain ing £40,000,000 are in their nature arbitrary and fluctuating charges. The army, according to the estimates for 1863, cost £l6,o6o,ooo—the navy cost £10,760,000 ; and there was besides a charge of nearly £9,000,000 under the head of " Miscellane ous ;" together with £4,700,000 charges under the head of expense incurred in revenue collection. It has, we believe, been found that in the present cir cumstances of Europe both the army and navy may be maintained in sufficient efficiency at a very much less cost. However numerous the former may be, it must be borne in mind that the £15,000,000 a year which are charged for its support include simply such parts of the British army as are in this country, or in those colonies in waich the cost falls on the mother State. The British army in India, for example, amounting to some 70,000 men, are paid exclusively out of the Indian revenue. The most important expenses of the navy again relate to ship building, and the maintenance of an adequate naval reserve; and this more so than to the maintenance of an expensive naval fleet in perpetual commission. In looking therefore in the face of the inevitable reduc tion that now awaits us, we must make it a point of great importance to secure the services of our veterans. Itaw troops are at almost any time to be obtained through a liberal appeal to the labour market; but it takes many years of :service to ob tain highly disciplined troops; and it is therefore of the utmost consequence to retain the flower of our army; to diminish our military arrangements with great discrimination ; and the same may be said, with nearly equal force, of the sailors in the fleet. But the reductions in all our establishments, taken as a whole, cannot fail to he very extensive. Such a comprehensive measure as this may be de scribed, in a word, as a policy of financial economy. The counterpart of the picture is of course to be found in a corresponding reduction of taxation ; for the expenditure as it has hitherto stood has fallen much within the annual revenue, which for the year ending the Ist October last amounted to more than £70,000,000. At present we are drawing more than £23,000,000 a year from the custom dues, near £17,000,000 from the excise, and hard upon £11,000,000 from the property and income tax at 6d. in the pound, independently of other charges. It can hardly he matter of doubt that the revision of expenditure that is now decided upon will enable the Government to abate much that is onerous or unpopular in the scale of taxation. That the income tax shall remain at its present amount, that the malt tax shall continue as it stands, that the custom dues will not undergo fur ther modification in the interest of free trade, may be looked upon as very improbable events. Mean while, there appears to be some reason to entertain a hope that the continental Powers, hardly less anxious than ourselves to remain at peace, may follow the economical example which we propose to set at home, and thus render at once more solid and more permanent the retrenchments of expene penditure on which we are understood to have re solved. A Mistake Corrected. The following timely and highly important letter appeared in the Times of Thursday, the &l November, 1864 " TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. " Sir,—That you should di§cuss the merits of the Tem perance movement is to my mind a matter of thankfulness. I do not write, therefore, to complain of the method of your matter, but to correct a mistake into which you have fallen in considering the Permissive Bill agitation as neces sarily a part of the Temperance movement. "This movement is now large enough to have two power ful parties agreeing as to the object to be attained, but differing widely as to the means of accomplishing it. The one party is represented by the United Kingdom Alliance, and the ether by the National Temperance League. The former, while consisting chiefly of tee• totallers, seeks to abolish drunkenness by a law pro.. hibiting the sale of strong drink. At first it was sought to procure a law for the total and immediate prohibition of the liquor traffic, but latterly the aim has been to make the law permissive, in the belief that many districts could even now work a prohibitory law. The fact that this movement seeks to create the public opinion necessary for the attainment of its object by town meetings and election contests brings all its doings prominently before the public. It is therefore not to be wondered at that the press should confound this agi tation with the temperance cause generally. The National Temperance League embodies, on the other hand, the views first entertained, and even now most generally adopter), by temperance societies—viz., the endeavour to change the habits of the people in reference.to the use of strong drinks by example and precept. While the Alliance party looks upon the traffic as the root of the evil, the other sees in the traffic that which is necessary to their drinking customs of the country and the drinking habits of the people. The one class are called prohibitionists, and the other moral suasonists. The efforts of the moral sua sionista are directed chiefly to individual reform. They seek out the drunkard, and in many instances succeed in effecting his reformation. By Bands or Hope they teach the young to do without intoxi cating drinks, By lectures, tracts, and missionary visitations they enforce personal abstinence as the crowr ir g hope of the movement. They urge the adoption of the pledge, considering it, however, as of comparatively little importance in itself, but great as the rati fication of personal resolution to abstain, Nor are the moral suasionists unmindful of the accessories to Temperance which you so well enumerate in the closing paragraph in your leader of this date, To one of this class the people owe that educational literature now to be found in the home of nearly every artisan. Another established and still conducts that publication whose mar vellous illustrations* command for it the largest circula• tion of all the serials. It would be easy to multiply other examples to show that Temperance men are not unmindful of education as a protection against intem perance. Nor have better homes for the working classes been neglected, The Temperance Building Society in a few years has advanced for that object over a quarter of a million sterling, The Temperance Provident Insti tution, on the other hand, cultivates provident habits, and has on its books over thirty thousand members. The drinking fountain movement, while it did not origi nate with Temperance men, has undoubtedly received from them its chief support. The same can be said of cheap dining-rooms and workmen's clubs, the latter being in the first instance identified with a Temperance society. While the London Temperance societies' hold over one hundred and fifty meetings a week for direct advocacy of their principles, they have also penny readings, cheap concerts, and a variety of clubs, with other means for the amusement and instruction of their members. With this machinery great good is being effected. Each society has its staff of officers and visitors, all working gratuitously, and in many instances ungrudgingly finding the money like wise for rent, lighting, and the other items necessary for their work. This work•is all, you perceive, in the line you indicate, with the advocacy of temperance added. From most of the temperance societies the prohibitionists receive countenance and support ; but, nevertheless, the work done has for its primary object home reform, and, what is more, it accomplishes its object to an extent beyond all precedent in meliorative measures. " The Nation , 3l Temperance League embodies the principle, and on a large scale the action, of th ese socie ties, and by bringing the facts and arguments of the movement before the young men in warehouses, the students in our training colleges and universities, the clergy, magistrates, and the public generally, it seeks by means of the example of the higher class to make it easier for the lower class to take from themselves the temptation to excess, The League seeks, by the free discussion of the properties of alcohol and of the drinking usages of society, to lead the public to total abstinence as the true temperance in reference to intoxicating drinks,—l are, Sir, yours respectfully, " NV. TWEEDIE. " London, Nov. 1," * I refer t o c tisse ir o palichtivuo And the krifish nrkman. The Atrocious Murder on Plaistow-marshes. Some very strict inquiries have been instituted, both in this country and abroad, as to the character of the prisoner Kohl, who is charged with the mut : der committed a fortni g ht sin e: , in the Pia ls “ ) " marshes, and some curiou 3 facts have been elicittu l From papers found in Kohl's possession, it w ell ' appear he is a Prussian by birth, having been bar tiscd and vaccinated in Prussia, but his family re: moved while ho was young to Hanover, wher e hi° father is still living. Kohl first came to EDO°, in February last, and it is said h e ca me here a f o r, tine from justice, for, having committed a assault, he was adjudged to pay a heavy pole"' which he avoided by fleeing the country. WI here he first lived among the Germans smPi c l e about Whitechapel, but he at length obtained ce i : ployment at Plaistow to look after a butcher° horses, and while in this capacity he became AC: quainted with the young woman whom ho s eashel l Most, if not all, th e ar ti c l es th e duplicates °( which were found upon the prisoner belonged to the deceased, and it will be proved in evidence th e y were pledged by the prisoner, a ho in some insta ncto gave 'his own name, which was spelt by the pBWt brokers, as pronounced, Cole, One name given j ' J , the prisoner was spelt by the pawnbrokers Set" or Sculd, and it is remarkable that a name similar in sound to this was signed by the prisoner cln board the vessel in which he came from Hambu r g' when he brought the deceased to Plaistow. It has, perhaps, been noticed that there Were several lodgers in the house in which Kohl lileo and that both landlord and tenants appeased on timate terms, but this is easily explained by theft'? that one or two rooms were used is common, as 113 usual among inhabitants of these poor district B ' where the houses, containing four or five roma°, are let only to weekly tenants, who sublet off t° others. _ - .r go It is now established beyond questi o n that the A - ceased is Theodore Christian Fuhrhop, lately e° l/4 netted with the firm of Neumann and Becher , °i Hamburg, and the prisoner Kohl will now be 011 , 0 mally charged with his murder, and the coron er a inquiry will for the future reco g nise the deceas e by that name. The re-examination of the prison ° • will take place this day at Ilford, when it je petted that Dr Lethoby, of the London HeePit 4 will be examined as to the analysis he has mada °f stains on various articles—the boots and socks / the prisoner, and on the chopper hammer, Wil le tt was borrowed by the prisoner, and painted red °4 the wood'next the iron before he returned it. i t h i t believed several additional witnesses will be brag; forward at the examination to-day, or at the journed inquest next Wednesday. COUNTRY MARKETS. .r-. - --- LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY. A lit We have had rather a slender attendance o f the traue. ri , our corn exchange this morning, with a limited inclui;ol Wheat generally was rather easier to buy, although jy samples of winter red brought fully Tuesday's priceg.,,,,, flour there was a very slow trade, an d no c h ange in N'td Oats and oatmeal neglected. In barley, beans, and r h - di no change to note. Indian corn, however, was lower) '- Danube being obtainable at 26s 6d in retail. LINCOLN.--FRIDAY. j 80 There was a fair attendance at our market to- &It 0 4 a seasonable show of wheat. Sales were made slowlifse recent currencies rather receded. Barley was an ave . :,/ show, and best sorts fully maintained f ormer quo tatiow..4 seconds rather lower in price. Oats b roug ht f u ll pricesfl e a. the demand ruled healthy. Beans scarce, at late In peas no change. ~gi White wheat new, 40s to 44s B ar l e y, grinding...2BB o 'o Red do. 3Bs to 40s Oats, old .. 24 80 0 Old white 42s to 47s Newdo 218 9 Red do. 39s to 43s I Bea n s.. 428-- to 4 39 Barley, malting...33s to 34s i Beans, new 378° STAMFORD—FRIDAY. A fair quantity of wheat on offer, which met with II t o sale, and transactions have been at fully previous ei —White wheat, 41s to 435; red, 38e to 41s per 3 6 s P Barley, malting, 31s to 35s ; grinding, 275.t0 309 P e no t Oats, 18s to 23s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 388 . t0; 404, qr.; new, 36s to 388. BURTON. ON-TR Old white wheat.. 463 to 50s I New do. 44s to 47s I Malting barley....32s to 36s I Grinding d0.....27s to 20s I ,ENT—THURSDAY. I Old red wheat„ 4 2g 1° 441 I New do. 4OO to glj Oats. 220 t ° I Beans 37s to WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY. The wheat trade is quiet, and there is no change in ? do ll vious values ; millers buy sparingly. Barley meets $ sale, and la cheaper. Averages for the week : Wheat 1732 qrs., at 4os 9 ,1 Oats Barley.... . 1115 Peas Beans BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY -0014 The demand for sugar has become very dull, and boll withstanding prices are 6d to Is lower. few sales have made this week. Refined goods sell slowly at is de c Rum continues in lair demand at late rates. COAL MARKET. Priors of Coal per Ton at the close of the market' s. d. Walls End. 0 , 11 1 ; Bower's West Hartley.2o 0 Cowpen Hartley 20 0 Haswell 0000 0.23 o i West Hartley .. 20 3 . Hetton ........... • y $ Eden Main 20 0 ! South Hetton ...... ••0 9 Wylam 18 6 , Russel's Hetton ...... 9 Haswell Gas l6 6 Ac orn Cl ose ......... Wharncliffe ......... $ Pensher Primrose..• • .0 Belmont ...... $ East llartlepool ... • •'22 6 Cassop ........... • •• . Pittington. ......... Walls End. 1 Tunstall .... Heugh Hall 22 6 ; South Kelloe 22 6 Caradoc 22 6 Ships at market, 48 ; sold, 46, Foreign. Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southanr IS' ..No:(.15, __, ... , Joutnampton - Pa Marseilles' Dec. b- Brazil and Cape Verds, by British pac:tiet. 12, ) °,7, 2 it Cape of Good Hopo, Ascension, and St. lielcna :, ° T .l' China, Penang, and Sin ga p ore , v i a Southampton._,., „W via Marseilles ....° Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. .Sof India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton. •- -?' v , , via Marseilles - I' '° 2 6 v , /0. India (Bombay), via S ou th am pt on .. Dr ul ' via Marseilles ........ No vex , 5 , Portugal.... 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S 0 1 9, JERRARD—FREEMAN. —On the 16th inst., at Cripplegate, Mr. Paul Gerard, Fleet-street. i'llietoo' Brixton, Surrey, to Hannah, eldest daughte r f li tOP , Richard Freeman, Esq., of Ringstead, IC °r " -A 10° shire. li r tt OP' JACKSON—FLETCHER --On the 10th lust', atl 13i.04.1 Staffordshire, Norfolk B. Jackson, Egg to Marian, daughter of the late Howard If l . -11 " of Springhill, Walsall. Deaths. 0 ALLEN.—On the 17th i ns t., a t W es t Cliffs, Pr e $0 Allen, Esq., of The Sho re t o p, age d 82. et , BLOFELD.--On the 18th inst , at 145. Tooler O re A i' Mr. Wm. Blofeld, a ge d 83. A fr rroli BRINE.—On the 16th inst., ou at Richmond, ), ral George Brine, aged 80, „ fcliio' h CROFT.—On the 17th inst ,at 1, S ussex -P1 O - 0' AO' Julia Barbara, wife of Sir Aroher Denniall;;4 6 ` - FINCHAM.—On the 14th inst., at 9, Sh e ri 4. Kensington, Frederic, Fincham, Esq., age „pi O : 1111 London: Prln:ed and Prbllshed by WILL— ' al fo oe 144 ,10 1 of No. 112, Strand, Print er , a t ;Jaz t ug v- Strand, In the Precinct of tho SavoY , 2 laiddlinex. — gaturclay, 1197.euovr, 19,186' LHE SUN, LOI 4 IDOII, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1864. -S